Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Presenting: Julia interviewed — On with Kara Swisher
Wed, 06 Nov 2024
Wiser Than Me will be back with a brand new episode next week. In the meantime, we wanted to share an episode of another podcast where Julia was a guest – On with Kara Swisher. In this episode, Kara and Julia discuss how in-depth conversations with iconic older women have radicalized her, her concerns about the commercialization of art films and why she thinks comedy is risky – but still very much possible. Listen to On with Kara Swisher every Monday and Thursday from New York Magazine and the Vox Media Podcast Network.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Chapter 2: How has Julia Louis-Dreyfus been radicalized by older women?
So that joke about the quality of mercy is not strained was actually born out of a true place, truth be told.
I'm not going to wade you into the Seinfeld controversy because I think that has nothing to do with you, but I'd love to know what you think is funny now. Everyone seems to have a theory, obviously. But what do you think is funny right at this moment we're in? Yeah. That question's funny. I think there's a lot of talk about how comics can't be funny now. I think that's not true.
I think comics are funnier than ever. No, that's bullshit. I think that's bullshit. Physical comedy and intellectual comedy and political comedy I think has never been more interesting because there's so much to do. Well, yes, it's a ripe time.
You know, comedy is risky, and it can be offensive sometimes. But that's what makes it so enjoyable, not that it's offensive, but that it's risky, that it can be very truth-telling and with risk. I personally don't buy the conceit that this is an impossible time to be funny. maybe some people aren't laughing at your jokes, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be made.
Yeah. So one of the things, Elaine is known, for example, with the physical moves, although the dry retorts or the shoves or the dance, but also the retorts. And Selena, to me, is all feral facial expressions and wicked verbal cuts. Is it harder to do physical or intellectual comedy?
They're of equal strain. The physical comedy sometimes, in my experience, is stuff that I've often found in rehearsal. So it takes a little exploring to find it. But I wouldn't say that it's hard. I just, I would say it's... As much fun. Yeah. There's nothing more exciting than having really good material and then elevating it, if you can. And if you do it physically, it's just delish.
Absolutely. I have a couple more questions. Seinfeld in particular, for example, which I think you'll probably be best known for, even though I preferred Veep. I love Seinfeld, too. But it's having this renaissance on Netflix. A lot of young people are watching the show. My son was like, have you heard of Seinfeld? I'm like, yeah.
Why do you think it holds up and that younger generations are connecting?
Well, I don't know why that it's having this resurgence. I'm delighted that it is. It holds up because it's... It's the human condition. It's undeniably funny. It wasn't fad-ish. It speaks to really universal... truths, and period. It's just like a great show, and it'll always be a great show.
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